Protector for books



A. E. MILLER.

PROTECTOR FOR BOOKS.

. 1,337,6 1 2 Patented Apr. 2w, 1920,

ARTHUR E. OF SACBJATEENTG, CALIFORNIA.

Application filed June 2 3,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramen o and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Protectors for Books, of which the following is a specification.

Tdy invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devicesfor protectingthe edges of leaves, index tabs, and particularly therers' commonly used by students and others and which markers usuallyprotrude a short distance beyond the edges of the book and hence areoften brolren or damaged when the books are carried in valises, gripsand'lilre receptacles.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and effectivemeans for housing and protecting the aforesaid marl:- ers, tabs, andlike projecting part of a leaf or book, and the edges of the cover of te book, against damage during transmission to thereby insure these partsand edges of the books being maintained in a neat and attractivecondition and the markers suitably presented for reference purposes.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists of theimproved boolr protector which I will hereinafter describe and claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification and inwhich similar reference characters indicate like parts in the severalviews;

Figure 1 illustrates one embodiment of my invention showing the sameapplied to a book.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the protector detached.-

3 illustrates a protector of slightly modified form applied to a book.

Figs. l, 5 and 6 are modifications to be hereinafter referred to.

In carrying out my invention 1 construct the protector of some suitablematerial, as celluloid, sheet-metal, cloth and paper, wood, etc, and ofsuch dimensions that it will embrace and form housing for the edges ofthe leaves of a heel; and the leaftabs or markers with which many booksof reference are supplied, said protector be ing fashioned with aso-called top porti n, a, which may be fiat or crowning or slightlycurved transversely, said top portion hav- Specification of LettersPatent Tratented Apr. 2%, 1920.

ing sides 6 two opposite parts and of alon l r lengti to enter more orcent leaves or pages; or and any of the pages or leaves. The dep o thesides 6 is suficient stab'li. the protector when it has been Jlied and oinsure the formation of a .ce of ad 1 depth. to properly house 1dprotect gainst rough usage in transporation the markers, tabs, or likeparts proecting beyond. the ecges of the leaves.

in one form of my protector, (Fig. 3), the gener shape of the same islike an c ngated that is the sides 6 are of subntially toe same depthand these sides his passed inwardly between the cover of the book andthe adjacent pages until the inner edges contact with the back of thecover. ihis holds the protector in place. with its top suitably elevatedto house but without touching the projecting page markers. It is notessential that the side flanges of the protector shall be or the samedepth; as a matter of fact one of the flanges may be considerablv-longerthan the other, as shown at 0, in Fig. i, and both sides may be insertedjust under the sides of the cover of the book, as before explained.

It is also obvious that instead of the flanges or sides being bothinserted between the cover and the adjacent leaves, one or both of theflanges or sides may embrace the outside of the edge of the cover, suchan arrangement being shown in Fig. 1.

In some instances 1 may prefer to use the form of device shown in Fig.2, where the top of the protector is provided with relativelv shortsides or flanges b, and where an additional and longer plate or flange cis employer and which added feature is connected with the top of theprotector and is spaced a sufiicient distance from the adja cent sideflange 7) to form a space or recess 7, for the proper reception of theedge of the cover. T his supplemental plate 6 may have a widthsubstantially equal to the width of the particular volume or book it isdesigned to i otect and hence it will sustain the proin proper place bycontact with the back of the same; or the supplemental plate or flangemay be duplicated on the other side" as at q, in 5, in which case thewidth of the plates mav be only such as to insure the plates enteringsufficient distance'between the cover and leaves of the book to causethe pressure of the same to retain the protector in place. In either ofthe constructions shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the bottom of the recess fformed by joining the top edge of the supplemental plate to thecontiguous flange or side plate of the top portion, forms a stop tolimit the inward position of the protector and to insure the propernon-contact of the same with the projecting markers or like parts.

The form of protector shown in Fig. 3 may also be constructed withsufficient width between the two projecting sides to include (orembrace) two or more booksthe one side of the protector being insertedin the one book and the other side inserted in the opposite side of thecompanion book, 6), thus holding both (or all) books in one neatpackage, and serving to hold b th books in one package as well as toprotect the markers in both with the one protector. Nor is it myintention to confine the other forms of protectors above indicated tothe protection of one book only, as they may be utilized for two or morecompanion books. protecting the markers and holding the books togetherin one package.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that simple means are thusprovided, at slight cost, for effectively protecting the markers, tabsand other reference marks of books from injury in transportation andthat the device is capable of ornamentation to suit the taste of theowner, and is retained in place by the pressure of the closed book andcannot be readily accidentally displaced.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A book protector fashioned with a substantially U-shaped top portionat least one side of which has a length sufi'icient to enable it to bepassed for a substantial distance into the book between the cover andthe adjacent leaves or sheets and to be retained in place thereby.

2. A book protector fashioned with a substantially U-shaped top portion,the sides of which have a length sufiicient to enable them to be passedfor a substantial distance into the book between the cover and the adjacent leaves or sheets thereof whereby the pro tector is retained inplace by the book, one

' of said sides being considerably longer than the other and adapted toextend to a point contiguous to the back of the book. f

3. A book protector fashioned with a substantially U-shaped, topportion, the sides of which have a length sufiicient to enable them tobe passed for a substantial distance into the book between the cover andthe adjacent leaves or sheets thereof whereby the 'protector is retainedin place by the book, said protector having a supplemental plateconnected to said top portion and spaced from the adjacent side thereofto receive an outer edge of the book cover. 7

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.

ARTHUR El MILLER.

